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The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 American horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Bill Pullman.
Feb 5, 1988 · The Serpent and the Rainbow: Directed by Wes Craven. With Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield. An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.
- (28K)
- Fantasy, Horror
- Wes Craven
- 1988-02-05
A Harvard anthropologist (Bill Pullman) is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring ...more. Wes Craven (The People Under the Stairs, Shocker) directs ...
In a time of social and political unrest in Haiti, anthropologist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) travels to the torn country to study a Voodoo drug used in religious practices to turn victims into...
- (37)
- Wes Craven
- R
- Bill Pullman
Often a pawn in a greater game, Alan must decide what is science, what is superstition, and what is the unknown in a anarchistic society where police corruption and witch-doctory are commonplace ...
- 1 min
- 363.8K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Buy this title:...
- 2 min
- 311.5K
- Shout! Studios
"The Serpent and the Rainbow" was inspired by a book by Wade Davis, a Harvard scientist who investigated the voodoo society of Haiti and identified two of the drugs used for "zombification" - drugs that lower the metabolic rate of their victims so much that they appear dead, and are buried, only to be dug up later and revived.
